Download or read book Aristophanes: The Complete Plays written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand-new translation of the world's greatest satirist. With a signature style that is at once bawdy and delicate, as well as a fearless penchant for lampooning the rich and powerful, Aristophanes remains arguably the finest satirist of all time. Collected here are all 11 of his surviving plays-newly translated by the distinguished poet and translator Paul Roche.